She did a fabulous job capturing the fun of our 50th wedding anniversary party. I'm so glad we used a professional photographer so that we could enjoy family and friends. read more

Lisa was recommended by another photographer I contacted, and I'm so glad she was available! She was professional and also flexible -- willing to adjust our contract when our large wedding turned into a small elopement. She was easy to work with and fun as our "adjunct wedding guest". She took charge (for example, before the ceremony, she rearranged our officiant so he wasn't blocking the view), came up with creative ways to get great photos of us, using the lighting and outdoor setting well, and captured every little detail. I'm in love with the photos she took and would hire her for anything photographic from here on out! read more

Lisa is simply fantastic...the consummate professional with a pleasant and easy manner! We have a family reunion every few years and made the brilliant choice of picking Lisa for the photo shoot. She chose the most lovely setting along with perfect "golden hour" timing, both proving the absolutely perfect back drop for our photos. We have 5 grand babies, all five and under and Lisa was able to captured many priceless and beautiful memories of the entire family. Her directions for poses for our group were pleasantly made, well received and hugely effective. The shoot was managed with a very fun and calm atmosphere and Lisa was able to quickly learn our preferences while taking many pictures.....not an easy task with seven adults and five little ones. She is kind-hearted and abundantly focused on capturing the entire group's best. Highly recommend Lisa for your photo shoot! read more

Great experience! We had a great experience with Lisa photographing our family. Scheduling for our busy family was difficult but she was flexible, understanding, and accommodating and it was greatly appreciated! We absolutely love the photos that she has captured and highly recommend her for any of your photography needs! She has a phenomenal eye for lighting and is 100% in the moment with you the entire time! read more

We definitely recommend and look forward to working with Lisa again in the future. We had our first ever family photo session with her and it was great. What started as a small group session to celebrate our son's first birthday became an extended family session with Grandma and my husband's sister and her family (including a 2.5 year old), and we are so happy it did. Lisa was careful to make sure the kids were engaged and comfortable while giving them breaks throughout so they would not get overwhelmed. We had discussed the priority list beforehand and she was always checking in to make sure we weren't missing any combinations. She had an excellent Apple Hill location that was the perfect setting for us. Lisa made sure to move us around to get different backgrounds and follow the best lighting. She was quick to send us her favorites and the rest of the photos were a few days later. She was very responsive to questions going into the session and has remained responsive after. read more

A coworker recommended Lisa for birth photography. He showed me the beautiful pictures she took from his son's birth and I immediately knew we wanted to work with her. She was available during our delivery window, and she had a backup photographer available if the baby came earlier. She was easy to communicate with, prompt with answering emails and very reasonably priced for her beautiful quality of work. We were unable to meet beforehand, but my husband let her know how my labor was progressing and she came at the perfect time. Even though we hadn't met, she was so easy to talk to and so professional and very mellow and calming during the whole experience. Now for the actual photos: they were even more beautiful and special than we could have ever imagined. They bring me to happy tears every time I look at them. She captured the experience in a way that allowed us to not only re-live it, but also to experience it from another perspective. Her eye for a good shot is so impressive. I cannot recommend her enough to anyone looking for a photographer for any event. read more

I had the privilege of working with Lisa on my maternity pictures and they turned out even more beautiful than I had ever hoped! I told her what my vision was and she really brought it to life. She is very kind and made the whole experience so fun and memorable! I cried when I received my pictures they were absolutely above and beyond Not only did I get some awesome pictures but she also got them to us in a very timely manner. I was shocked that she got 250+ pictures uploaded and edited in just a week for me! All in all an amazing experience and I will definitely be using Lisa for more pictures in the future. read more

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Our review is long overdue - it's been a busy year for us, but we wanted to make sure we could give Lisa a great review! TLDR: Hire Lisa - she's a blast to work with and her pictures came out AMAZING! We came across Lisa as a referral from another photographer we had worked with since she would not be available for our wedding. We ended up looking at Lisa along with several other photographers trying to find the right balance between price and quality of photos we found in their portfolio. We were immediately drawn to Lisa's portfolio with her ability to capture not just her subjects, but their expressions and their environment. We can happily say that we made the absolute right decision working with Lisa! Getting in contact with Lisa was easy through her website, forms, questionnaire, and a phone call to understand what we wanted. Everything online was simple to fill out and speaking with Lisa gave us an idea of what to look forward to. The website also handled payments, which was great to see and keep track of - we wish all our vendors had this! As we came closer to our wedding date, Lisa helped us stay organized by discussing our timelines and also making some great suggestions about how and when would be good times to get in pictures. We also appreciated how she was so well prepared - she came a day early (she was driving all the way down to Santa Clara!) to check out the venue with us and already knew the time of sunset and had some great ideas about where and when to take pictures to get the best light. Though we wanted some set photos with our families and maybe a few with just us, we wanted the majority to be candid shots capturing the fun of the afternoon and evening - Lisa knew exactly what we were talking about. The day of the wedding, Lisa arrived right on time before the ceremony and began setting up and snapping candid pictures of us and our friends right away. She was able to take pictures ranging from getting ready to the wedding to the cocktail hour and all night during the dinner and dancing. We had two formal picture settings that were flawlessly incorporated into our timeline - one for formal family pictures and one for just us. Lisa and her assistant Rachael were super easy to work with - she had great ideas for composing shots, kept things light, and had us smiling throughout all the sessions. Throughout the wedding, Lisa was able to capture some amazing moments - friends laughing and having fun, family members dancing the night away, and some really amazing shots that we'll cherish of our parents smiling and laughing. Lisa sent a nice note after the wedding about the fun she had and in less than two weeks, she already had a "teaser" on her blog followed soon after (another couple weeks) with the full gallery. We were blown away by the pictures - the composition, the lighting, the moments captured, the seamless way the environment (outdoor wedding and indoors at an art museum) were blended in! We ended up purchasing an album, as well as a USB key with all our digital pictures. The USB key came less than two months after our wedding in a beautiful carved wood covering - we immediately used those to print some pictures for friends and family. The album process was also super easy - we picked a few dozen of our favorite pictures and Lisa put together some great transitions and collages given our preferences. We had an online preview and we still keep the album on our coffee table to relive those wonderful wedding day memories. If you've made it this far, you've probably read all Lisa's other reviews in detail as well. She was great to work with and we still think she was one of the best investments we made for our big day. You'll be happy you worked with Lisa! http://www.lisarichmondphotography.com/blog/?p=13212 read more

We absolutely LOVED working with Lisa! From the first time we spoke on the phone, we immediately clicked. She was patient with us in the beginning of the whole wedding planning process and listened to our wants and concerns. Lisa has a keen eye for natural light and will do just about anything to make sure that she has the best shot. Lisa isn't afraid to jump on the side of a gazebo to get a good dancing action shot, or hide behind a bush to capture a special moment. We would work with her again in a heartbeat and feel so lucky to have worked with her and her daughter Jaz on our special day! read more

This September, Lisa Richmond photographed our riverside wedding. She has one of the best artistic eyes in the business, not to mention her wonderfully cheerful personality. She made the photo shoot so much fun. She was very attentive and was able to capture moments that I never would have expected. This is something that you really can't put a price on. In twenty years from now, my wife and I will look back at these photos and be able to remember every single detail of our special day like it was yesterday. This is what you should look for in your wedding photographer. Lisa did everything and more. We are so lucky to have her as ours. I will be referring Lisa to any and all of my friends and family who are getting married or if they want a family portrait. Lisa, you are the BEST! read more

I discovered Lisa and her incredible work when she photographed my son in 2017 for school pictures. She captured so many awesome poses from my little guy! I loved her work so much that I felt compelled to ask her to take our family photos, which she did. And they were absolutely beautiful! We posted them on our business website and have received so many compliments. Lisa photographed my son and our family again this year. This looks to be a new tradition for us. We love Lisa and her magnificent eye for unique and fun poses, locations and company! She's extremely easy going and will let you take the lead on your ideas while throwing in a nice twist to compliment the whole experience! read more

Lisa was a photographer for another event that I was a part of. I loved her energy and her photos were beautiful. When my husband and I chose a date for our wedding I knew that I wanted Lisa to be our photographer. We had a small wedding and the date was selected pretty last minute. She was so flexible in working with our schedule. Her questionnaires about ourselves and the event were really helpful. It helped us get a better idea of what kind of photos we wanted. We got so many compliments on the photos. read more

Wonderful photographer!! Lisa really listened to what I wanted and got some beautiful mountain pictures of me and my husband, I loved her work and the pictures we're breathe taking! Hire here people !! read more

Lisa Richmond is a master at her craft! She has captured my family photos and milestones for years now. I look at her photos as art and I am so grateful to her for capturing these moments in time. She is patient (as working with crabby teens is tough!) and kind and does what ever it takes to get "the" shot. She has an eye that most lack and does brilliant things with light! She takes her time to create a comfortable environment and makes it a fun event. When it comes to capturing monumental moments Lisa Richmond will always be our go to photographer. Thank you Lisa! read more

This review is for the services I received on the day of my wedding and my engagement session. My wedding was on June 4th, 2017 at the Sequoia Mansion. Lisa, along with other business owners was one of the recommended vendors for the Sequoia Mansion. Our photographer, Lisa Richmond was AWESOME! We booked her for our engagement photos, which I highly recommend! Dottie and Lisa were more then just photographer or florist, they were personable and caring. They went above and beyond what the contract stated. As the bride I was pretty emotional before the ceremony and they both were there supporting me and cared so much. It's hard to describe moments like that...but let's just say not many people who are contracted for your big day would go out of their way like that. We plan to continue to utilize her services for a pregnancy session and vow renewal session!! We are excited for her to photograph our two German Shepherds as well!! read more

Lisa absolutely blew our minds when she photographed our wedding. She was so great! She was so eager to go out of her way to please us, she drove to the bay area to shoot our engagement photos from the Sierra Foothills. She was able to make us look like models even though it was our first photo shoot ever. She just knows how to make everything work, from beginning to end she made sure our event was remembered perfectly with out getting in the way. EVER. So not only is she invisible when she needs to be she also is fun, energetic and dedicated. We will use Lisa again, and so should you. read more

We are so so glad that we found Lisa! She made the whole process seamless and stress free from start to finish. She was organized, proactive in reaching out to us, and responded very quickly anytime I emailed or called. She has a great pre-event process and system in place that guided us through providing the information she needed to make sure we had everything we wanted. The shoot was fun and relaxed, which is saying a lot for this bride and groom! The end results were beautiful and she captured so many beautiful little moments that we hadn't even noticed during the day. I can't recommend Lisa enough and would work with her again in a heartbeat. read more

Lisa and her team provided good coverage and took some really nice pictures for our wedding. They were relatively easy to work with and provided our soft and hard copy pictures within 10 weeks of the wedding. read more

This post is delinquent by a couple months, but we wanted to share our memorable experience utilizing Lisa Richmond Photography. I saw Lisa Richmond's art for the first time in the fall of 2014. Lisa photographed our dear friend's wedding in Winters, CA. So, when Linda and I became engaged in 2015, we knew immediately who we wanted to record our engagement and wedding day on 9/23/16. Luckily, Lisa was available! Prior to meeting Lisa for our engagement photos, we had chatted on the phone a couple times so Lisa could get an idea about Linda and my love story. She was very easy to talk with and we had several good laughs before meeting in person. I told Lisa that neither Linda or I cared to have our pictures taken so I wished her luck with that! Lisa knew we planned on getting married at a winery and she suggested we bring a bottle of wine to open during our engagement shoot. After sharing some wine and stories together, she started working her magic. Lisa made the shoot fun and effortless so the pictures looked natural. Her use of light and her timing are phenomenal. She caught our relationship and personalities digitally! Finally, our long-awaited day came! When Lisa arrived at our wedding, we greeted her as a friend and not just a photographer, since a friendship formed between all of us. Lisa captured every moment of our special day and more. She roamed the vineyards with us to obtain the perfect sunset moments, and she was knocked around on the dance floor like a pinball by some guests getting their groove on...just so she could seize our moments! We were delighted by Lisa's artistic eye, professionalism, and her great personality. We will definitely utilize her for future gatherings as well as share a glass of wine when possible! We highly recommend Lisa if you want to beautifully capture your special occasion. read more

Lisa is a fabulous photographer! When planning a mother-daughter session in the Placer County wine region for my mom's birthday, I did an online search for local photographers. I hired Lisa because of her candid, honest, authentic images that just pop with life, emotion, and color. This woman is a total master of light! We were so happy with the pictures she took for us at Boeger Winery. What's more, Lisa is just really, really good people. My sister is special needs and Lisa was fantastic with her throughout the entire session. I also really appreciated how hard Lisa worked to make sure we got memorable photos that didn't look staged...she was laying in the grass, climbing on the picnic table, going the extra mile constantly! She sees things other photographers don't. Highly recommended!! read more

Lisa was referred to me by a good friend. She had shot their engagement, wedding, and baby photos for both of her children. After seeing how wonderful those photos were I knew we found who we wanted to capture our family photos with our newborn baby girl. Lisa had so much patience with our baby girl between feeding/diaper changes/and fussy times. We love our photos and will cherish them for years to come. We look forward to having Lisa do our family photos for years to come! read more

We hired Lisa Richmond to photograph our son's Bar Mitzvah. She took beautiful photos (in a not ideal light situation) and really captured the spirit of the event. She is a gifted photographer with a keen eye for composition and character. She really got herself into the middle of all that was happening while at the same time was unobtrusive and respectful of the guests and the event. Such an amazing combination of skills. LIsa is also a joy to work with. She has a curious mind and that curiosity draws her into her subjects and creates beautiful work. I highly recommend her. read more

Lisa is just business. Save your money because she will show up at your wedding looking like just woke up, and then will ask you for more $$$$$ if you want see your photos, then for more $$$$$ if you want some photos; the more $$$$$$ if you want copies; then more $$$$$$ is you want an album; then more $$$$$ if you want the cd. There are more professional and personable photographers out there. read more

We had our family portraits done by Lisa Richmond Photography. I cannot rave enough about Lisa and her professionalism. She visited the location before our scheduled date and researched the area to confirm the best time to take our pictures. We did a 45 minute session and received back over 180 pictures.....I couldn't even begin to pick a favorite. We will be using Lisa for our family portraits for as long as she will have us :-). Thank you Lisa! It was such a pleasure meeting you. The Gustafsons read more

My husband and I got married in November of 2009. We found Lisa through a friend of a friend and we are SO happy we picked her to be our photographer. Her personality is so easy going that I hardly noticed I was being photographed the whole day. This quality helps a LOT when you are a camera shy bride. Even my in-laws commented that she feels like a family member so it was easy to relax on a day that can sometimes be tense. Because she blended in so well with our family and wedding guests, she was able to capture some really great candid shots...which I love! Even after the wedding day, she is extremely proactive about walking you through the album design and printing process. I would highly recommend Lisa for any wedding. She is easy to get along wiht and passionate about photography! read more

Lisa is AmAzing! Her photographs are not only stunning but she makes you feel comfortable throughout the time she is shooting you. For our wedding you hardly even noticed she was there. She has captured our engagement pictures, our wedding, maternity and now newborn shots. It's such a pleasure to work with her enthusiastic personality and know that the pictures are always spot on and unique. Lisa's experience, talent and dedication to her clients clearly shines through her exquisite images. It's such a joy sharing our family's milestones with her. read more

Lisa and her team photographed my cousin's wedding last month and did an absolutely amazing job. They were flawlessly unobtrusive, though from looking at the pics it seems like they were everywhere, at every moment. The pictures are beautiful, personal, emotional, and perfectly capture the authentic love that filled the day. As the bridal couple lives in San Francisco and the wedding was in Sebastopol, I was delighted to discover that Lisa is based near Sacramento, where I live! Nor-Cal, hire this woman and her team. You'll be so glad you did. read more